The book Elementary Hydrostatics, With Numerous Examples was written by author Phear, John B. (John Budd), Sir, 1825-1905 Here you can read free online of Elementary Hydrostatics, With Numerous Examples book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Elementary Hydrostatics, With Numerous Examples a good or bad book?
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Watt^a Improvements. 56. Such was the engine which came under the observa- tion of James Watt, whose comprehensive genius perceiving its various defects, suggested amendments so complete as to bring it almost to the perfection of the beautiful engines of the present day. The following is an outline of his most material improvements. The source of the motive power is the heat which is applied to the water in the. boiler, and which calls into play the elastic force of the steam ; and the real exp...ense of work- ing the machine is caused by the consumption of fuel required for generating this heat. It occurred to Watt that a great useless expenditure of heat was entailed by the foregoing method of condensing the steam at the end of each stroke ; for while it is only wanted to cool the steam itself, the jet of cold water, evidently lowered the temperature of the cylinder also, and therefore caused it every time to abstract a portion of the heat of the newly-introduced steam. To obviate this 74 ELASTIC FLUIDS.
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